The ceremonial opening of the international summer working semester for the students’ construction teams

30.06.2011

On the 30th of June 2011 was held the ceremonial opening of the international summer working semester for the students’ construction teams. The construction site, which by its scale and scope has become as the all-Russian one, was visited by the students from rail universities in Russia, Kazakhstan, Armenia and students from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

The opening ceremony was attended by the representatives of the Federal Agency for Railway Transport, the leaders of the “RZHD” OJSC, the state authorities, the Administration of Sochi and the representatives of the nationwide youth public organization "Russian students’ teams."

The invitation of the students from the neighboring countries was the step in the execution of the instructions of the Government of the Russian Federation on the beginning of mutual cooperation in the sphere of training of young specialists in the construction of railways, bridges and tunnels. The teams were greeted by Alexander Zhukov, the Vice Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, the President of the Olympic Committee of Russia. He expressed his confidence that with the help of the students’ teams in Sochi will be constructed the most modern, high-tech facilities and world-class stadiums. The Vice Prime Minister has congratulated the students on the opening of the summer working semester and has noted that he had worked in such teams and perfectly well remembers that unforgettable atmosphere.

In 2009, Dmitry Medvedev, the President of the Russian Federation, has visited Sochi in order to inspect the Olympic Games facilities being under construction and has appreciated the volume and quality of the performed work. This year, the construction of the Olympic facilities will employ more than 1,000 students from all the universities subordinate to Roszheldor. The most numerous is the team of the Rostov State Transport University with 204 people. For many of them the participation in this large-scale construction has become the continuation of the family traditions.

The participants from the construction teams were congratulated on the beginning of the summer working semester by the astronauts in the orbit of the international space ship. Currently, the support of the team movement is an important element of the state youth policy aimed at improving the professional and managerial qualities of the future professionals.